Today is an exciting day for the team at StockTwits: we are launching a brand new, fully native, iOS Application. For the past few months, our talented mobile engineer @ericalford has been working hard to create a mobile experience that will allow you to truly take StockTwits with you everywhere you go. If you haven’t yet downloaded the app, please do so here.

Before I dive into all the things you can expect to find in our new iOS app, I’d like to introduce myself.

My name is Dave Pinke. I recently joined StockTwits as Head of Product having previously worked at ABC News, Condé Nast and Bloomberg. As a long time fan of the company, I couldn’t be more excited to join the team and help grow StockTwits into the best finance community and market research tool.

In the near future, you can expect to see a lot of new features across all of our platforms. We are also hard at work on a new Android app and can’t wait to bring that to our members on Android later this spring.

Please feel free to reach out to me with any ideas, suggestions, gripes and (hopefully) well-wishes.

On Thursday, February 26th in New York City, we’ll be co-hosting a fun event for Wall Street and Fintech communities to mingle, share ideas, and participate in building mutually beneficial relationships at The Ginger Man – 11 E. 36th Street.

Thanks to our generous sponsor TickerTags, we’ll have an open bar* — so get there early! The fun starts at 5:30 pm.

Coordinating with our friends at Continuum Analytics, this is the first of more such events to bring Traders and Techies together to see if we can make magic happen.

We’ve reserved the back Lounge at The Ginger Man, but space is limited. So we ask that you RSVP here in order to attend.

]]>http://blog.stocktwits.com/pictures-from-2014-that-define-the-stock-markets-year/feed/0http://blog.stocktwits.com/pictures-from-2014-that-define-the-stock-markets-year/The Huge List Of Breakout Stocks To Watch In 2015http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheStocktwitsBlog/~3/5HNCKvDt1XY/
http://blog.stocktwits.com/the-huge-list-of-breakout-stocks-to-watch-in-2015/#commentsSun, 28 Dec 2014 21:48:54 +0000admin@stocktwits.comhttp://blog.stocktwits.com/?p=12428Read More...]]>We spent the last few weeks of 2014 sharing, curating, and building a list of stocks to watch in 2015. We highly encourage everyone reading this to go examine some of the ideas being published on the StockTwits $TWENTY15 stream. As of the publication of this post, there are more than 150 predictions being discussed.

]]>http://blog.stocktwits.com/the-huge-list-of-breakout-stocks-to-watch-in-2015/feed/0http://blog.stocktwits.com/the-huge-list-of-breakout-stocks-to-watch-in-2015/The 15 Must-See Moments From 2014 Explained With 20 Incredible Chartshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheStocktwitsBlog/~3/bOY45NjxY1c/
http://blog.stocktwits.com/the-must-see-moments-from-2014-explained-with-incredible-charts/#commentsWed, 24 Dec 2014 16:34:39 +0000admin@stocktwits.comhttp://blog.stocktwits.com/?p=12403Read More...]]>1. The US Oil Boom has been an incredible story. It’s both moving and encouraging. The U.S. energy economy was growing at one of its fastest-ever rates. Only the recent crash of crude oil (which we talk about later in this post) has managed to slow it down. At its peak, here’s how much oil America is able to produce:

2. The S&P 500 traded above its 200-day moving average for 484 straight days. That stat alone defines the bull market we’ve witnessed. However, that streak ended in what was a fairly big October correction. Spurred by Russia, and Ebola:

3. Apple released a new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in 2014. But they did not do so without controversy or confusion. Let’s take a moment to talk about Bend Gate. Literally, for a moment, the entire Internet was in chaos about the iPhone 6 — worried that it could easily bend in a pant pocket. None of it really made any sense, and we haven’t heard anyone mention it since. Probably for good reason. This was one of the most viewed pictures on StockTwits in 2014:

4. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average hit new all-time highs this year and that’s why the following chart is amazing. It shows the long history of bull and bear markets. Perspective is essential in these times. How long can a bull market last? This chart was shared a countless number of times:

5. The experts were wrong. Again. And they just keep getting it wrong. But that is also the power of StockTwits. As a network, we discuss and share these facts. So let’s look at some of the things we saw:

6. The Alibaba IPO had everyone’s attention. It was, to some extent, a once in a lifetime moment. A giant Internet Amazon-like company based in China issued the biggest IPO in U.S. history… What the? The world has come a long way. A big aspect of that IPO was how it compares to Amazon. The differences between the two are mind blowing:

7. Speaking of China, that was indeed a major story. It’s time you started watching China’s stock market. On the other side of the world, a major economic powerhouse is finding its equity legs. The Shanghai breakout has been nothing short of enormous. It’s up more than 40% this year. This chart was shared on May 21st, only a few weeks before the index started ripping to where it is today:

Or maybe they were just early. The following chart matches the dates (1929 vs. today) a little differently. If you view the market from this perspective, the market actually has a long way to go before its top:

11. At the start of the year, just about EVERYONE thought treasuries were going to drop and yields were going higher. Well, in that case, this might be the chart of the year. The long treasury ETF $TLT is up about 18% since this was first posted:

13. The crash of crude oil caught everyone’s attention. In July, the price of crude traded as high as $105/barrel. Today, it’s barely trading above $55/barrel. That’s bullish for drivers and commuters everywhere. But here’s how that looks on a chart of crude oil since the 1970s:

14. It was an insane year for Bitcoin. In early January, Bitcoin traded as high as 900. Today, it’s trading at about 325. This chart got a huge amount of views as it compared Bitcoin to a famous illustration of speculative mania:

]]>http://blog.stocktwits.com/the-must-see-moments-from-2014-explained-with-incredible-charts/feed/0http://blog.stocktwits.com/the-must-see-moments-from-2014-explained-with-incredible-charts/83 Stock Market Predictions Crowdsourced From The Entire StockTwits Communityhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheStocktwitsBlog/~3/sNM1Ga5Sjbc/
http://blog.stocktwits.com/50-stock-market-predictions-crowdsourced-from-the-entire-stocktwits-community/#commentsMon, 22 Dec 2014 18:55:53 +0000admin@stocktwits.comhttp://blog.stocktwits.com/?p=12391$TWENTY15 on StockTwits. That’s where you canRead More...]]>We’re in the midst of building a huge list of predictions for 2015. We’ve already seen more than 50 posts about it, and we created a stream called $TWENTY15 on StockTwits. That’s where you can share your predictions right now.

We’re having a ton of fun with this, and we’ll be updating this specific post with each new prediction as it’s shared. Here we go!

1. Let’s meet the brave souls looking for a bounce in crude oil:

$TWENTY15 A comeback for the oil sector seems like the obvious trade. Something like $HAL could be a good way to play it.

51. If a drug is considered Schedule 1, it means the U.S. government is effectively saying that it has no clinical use and has a high potential for being abused. Methamphetamine, for example, is on this list. Strangely enough, Cannabis is too. So this 2015 prediction could change the entire industry :

Stocktoberfest 2014 was a huge success! Thank you to the more than 300 attendees, our amazing sponsors, and everyone who presented. It was a jam-packed three days of trading ideas, market observations, demos of cool new fintech products, and invaluable networking that will continue to reward for years to come.

The amazing Jack Schwager – author of the famous Market Wizards Series and proprietor of Fundseeder – was our keynote speaker. Jack sat with StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon and shared stories and insights gleaned from his numerous interviews with the top traders and portfolio managers in the business over the years. They also discussed Jack’s ambitious project to discover “the next Market Wizards” via Fundseeder.

For those who couldn’t be in attendance, here is Jack & Howard’s chat presented in two parts. Enjoy…